Historic Tax Credits
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Palm Springs: A Fun-in-the-Sun Preservation Destination
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Saving the Spirit of Historic Post Offices
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Preservation in Orange County
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Share Your Message with Preservationists Across the State and Country
As a statewide organization, the California Preservation Foundation is uniquely positioned to connect people and organizations from across the state. Our monthly newsletter lands in 12,000 inboxes and is seen by our 4,000+ followers on social media. We aim to include...
2018 Student Scholarship Winners Announced
This year the California Preservation Foundation offered two scholarships, with generous support from Liz’s Antique Hardware. Two applicants were selected from a pool of exceptional candidates, winning both a scholarship and the opportunity to be matched with a mentor...
Rising from the Ashes – Salvaging a Future from California’s Historic Losses
While at the California Preservation Foundation, I've seen my share of loss. Sometimes it seems that the demolished buildings outnumber the saved. We are a curious-seeming bunch, those of us interested in salvaging what little remains left of our shared cultural...
Save the Historic Tax Credit!
FEDERAL HISTORIC TAX CREDIT IS THREATENED Take Action to Save the Historic Tax Credit! The Federal Historic Tax Credit is seriously threatened and your help is needed – NOW - to save this critical and effective program. Watch Ronald Reagan make the case for Historic...
Cypress Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Early cemeteries were more utilitarian, unorganized, and located on family farms or on church grounds. In the 1830’s the concept of rural cemeteries began, with Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts; rural cemeteries evolved into the lawn-park cemetery,...
Forty Years of Grassroots Advocacy at San Diego’s Chicano Park
At one point in its history, San Diego’s Barrio Logan contained the “second largest Chicano barrio community” with a population reaching 20,000. City zoning laws in the 1950s incited changes to the community and Interstate 5 bisected its heart. In 1969, the Coronado...